The establishments of the network may be authorised to contract loans to meet or contribute to the expenditure resulting from their actions in all the areas in which their powers are exercised, with the exception of their operating expenditure. They service the loans using all the resources available to them under article L. 710-1 of the French Commercial Code.
The transmission to the supervisory authority of the deliberation adopting a loan project is accompanied by the documents and information provided for by an order of the minister responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry.